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Built by Nawab Mohd. Ali Shah, it is also known as the "Baradari" - literally meaning hall having 12 doorways. It is now used as the office of the Husainabad Trust and the main hall is a picture gallery housing life-size portraits of ten Nawab of Avadh. |
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The 60 ft high Rumi Darwaza was constructed during the reign of Asaf-ud-Daula when he was constructing the Bara Imambara. It has often been compared to the ancient Portal of Constantinople and is said to be very similar in design to it. |
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| Residency |
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Though the air is silent but travelling down the lanes of memories, one can still hear the resounding war cries from all directions, the canon balls shelling the walls and the snipers firing with perfect aim at the high flying Union Jack. The piece-de-resistance this is The Lucknow Residency - ready for the siege.The sun had set for the British Empire, there was an all out siege of the Residency, that continued for nearly five months, taking the life of 2197 defenders including British and Indian. What was left of this majestic building built by Nawab Asif-ud-Daula in the year 1775, were the broken walls with marks of bullets and cannon balls. |
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